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Mick Leach

Michael Leach was a footballer with Queens Park Rangers in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Full name Michael John Christopher Leach
Date of birth (1947-01-16)16 January 1947
Place of birth Hackney, England
Date of death 11 January 1992(1992-01-11) (aged 44)
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1978 Queens Park Rangers 313 (61)
1978 Detroit Express 23 (3)
1978–1979 Cambridge United 19 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Leach (16 January 1947 – 11 January 1992) was a footballer with Queens Park Rangers in the 1960s and 1970s.

He made over 300 Football League appearances for QPR.1 His first league appearance for them was in 1964–65, and his final league game with QPR was in 1977–78.2 His final appearance was in a 3rd round F.A. Cup tie versus Wealdstone on 7 January 1978, played at Loftus Road.

In 1978, he moved to the USA to play in the North American Soccer League with the Detroit Express, making 23 appearances for them.3

He died from cancer in 1992.

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References

  1. "Mick Leach". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  2. "Mick Leach: Queens Park Rangers FC". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  3. "Mick Leach". North American Soccer League Players. nasljerseys.com. Retrieved 30 December 2012.